New York City Center

131 West 55th St. (between 6th and 7th Avenues)
New York, NY
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Venue Info

BUILT: 1923
CLOSED:
DEMOLISHED: unknown

SEATING CAPACITY: 2255

Other Names

  • Mecca Auditorium (date unknown)
  • City Center (date unknown)
  • Mecca Temple (unknown)
  • City Center-55th Street Theatre (unknown)

Trivia & History

Contains two theatres (City Center Stage 1 and City Center Stage 2). The building, with its unique Moorish facade, was built as a Masonic Temple (home to Ancient and Accepted Order of the Mystic Shrine). It was slated for demolition in 1943 but saved by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. The New York City Center of Music and Drama opened that same year.

Both the New York City Opera and the New York City Ballet started at City Center before moving to Lincoln Center.

In the early 1970s, it was slated for demolition again. It was saved and given landmark status. Today it is home to the Manhattan Theatre Club and City Center's Encores! series.

The 2011 renovation reduced the seating capacity from 2,750 to 2,255.

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Performance History

Promenade (Encores! Off-Center Production, 2019)
7/10/2019 - 7/11/2019
Call Me Madam (Encores! Production, 2019)
2/6/2019 - 2/10/2019
The Golden Apple (Encores! Production, 2017)
5/10/2017 - 5/14/2017
Big River (Encores! Production, 2017)
2/8/2017 - 2/12/2017
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (Encores! Off-Center Production, 2016)
7/27/2016 - 7/30/2016
Do I Hear a Waltz? (Encores! Concert, 2016)
5/11/2016 - 5/15/2016
1776 (Encores! Concert, 2016)
3/30/2016 - 4/3/2016
Cabin in the Sky (Encores! Production, 2016)
2/10/2016 - 2/14/2016
A
Annie Get Your Gun (New York Concert, 2015)
10/27/2015 - 10/28/2015
W
The Wild Party (Encores! Off-Center Production, 2015)
7/15/2015 - 7/18/2015
L
Little Shop of Horrors (Encores! Off-Center Production, 2015)
7/1/2015 - 7/2/2015
N
A New Brain (Encores! Off-Center Production, 2015)
6/24/2015 - 6/27/2015
Zorba! (Encores! Production, 2015)
5/6/2015 - 5/10/2015
Paint Your Wagon (Encores! Production, 2015)
3/18/2015 - 3/22/2015
Lady, Be Good! (Encores! Production, 2015)
2/4/2015 - 2/8/2015
The Band Wagon (Encores! Production, 2014)
11/9/2014 - 11/16/2014
Pump Boys and Dinettes (Encores! Off-Center Production, 2014)
7/16/2014 - 7/19/2014
Randy Newman's Faust: The Concert (Encores! Off-Center Production, 2014)
7/1/2014 - 7/1/2014
tick, tick...BOOM! (Encores! Off-Center Production, 2014)
6/25/2014 - 6/28/2014
Irma La Douce (Encores! Concert, 2014)
5/7/2014 - 5/11/2014
The Most Happy Fella (Encores! Concert, 2014)
4/2/2014 - 4/6/2014
Little Me (Encores! Concert, 2014)
2/5/2014 - 2/9/2014
A Bed and a Chair (Original New York Production, 2013)
11/13/2013 - 11/17/2013
I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking it on the Road (Encores! Off-Center Concert, 2013)
7/24/2013 - 7/27/2013
Violet (Encores! Off-Center Concert, 2013)
7/17/2013 - 7/17/2013
The Cradle Will Rock (Encores! Off-Center Concert, 2013)
7/10/2013 - 7/13/2013
O
On Your Toes (Encores! Concert, 2013)
5/8/2013 - 5/12/2013
It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman (Encores! Concert, 2013)
3/20/2013 - 3/24/2013
Fiorello! (Encores! Concert, 2013)
1/30/2013 - 2/3/2013
Cotton Club Parade (Off-Broadway Revival, 2012)
11/14/2012 - 11/18/2012
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Encores! Concert, 2012)
5/9/2012 - 5/13/2012
Pipe Dream (Encores! Concert, 2012)
3/28/2012 - 4/1/2012
Cotton Club Parade (Off-Broadway Production, 2011)
11/18/2011 - 11/21/2011
W
Where's Charley? (Encores! Concert, 2011)
3/17/2011 - 3/20/2011
Merrily We Roll Along (Encores! Production, 2012)
2/8/2011 - 2/19/2011
L
Lost in the Stars (Encores! Concert, 2011)
2/3/2011 - 2/6/2011
Bells Are Ringing (Encores! Concert, 2010)
11/18/2010 - 11/21/2010
Anyone Can Whistle (Encores! Concert, 2010)
4/8/2010 - 4/11/2010
Fanny (Encores! Concert, 2010)
2/4/2010 - 2/7/2010
G
Girl Crazy (Encores! Concert, 2009)
11/19/2009 - 11/22/2009
Runaways (Encores! Off-Center Production, 2009)
7/6/2009 - 7/9/2006
W
The Wiz (Encores! Summer Stars Production, 2009)
6/18/2009 - 7/5/2009
Finian's Rainbow (Encores! Concert, 2009)
3/26/2009 - 3/29/2009
M
Music in the Air (Encores! Concert, 2009)
2/5/2009 - 2/8/2009
On the Town (Encores! Concert, 2008)
11/19/2008 - 11/23/2008
Damn Yankees (Encores! Summer Stars Production, 2008)
7/10/2008 - 7/27/2008
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No, No, Nanette (Encores! Concert, 2008)
5/8/2008 - 5/12/2008
Juno (Encores! Concert, 2008)
3/27/2008 - 3/30/2008
Applause (Encores! Concert, 2008)
2/7/2008 - 2/10/2008
G
Gypsy (Encores! Summer Stars Production, 2007)
7/14/2007 - 7/29/2007
S
Stairway to Paradise (Encores! Concert, 2007)
5/10/2007 - 5/14/2007
Face the Music (Encores! Concert, 2007)
3/29/2007 - 4/1/2007
F
Follies (Encores! Production, 2007)
2/8/2007 - 2/12/2007
Of Thee I Sing (Encores! Concert, 2006)
5/11/2006 - 5/15/2006
70, Girls, 70 (Encores! Concert, 2006)
3/30/2006 - 4/2/2006
Kismet (Encores! Concert, 2006)
2/9/2006 - 2/12/2006
The Apple Tree (Encores! Concert, 2005)
5/12/2005 - 5/16/2005
P
Purlie (Encores! Concert, 2005)
3/31/2005 - 4/3/2005
T
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Encores! Concert, 2005)
2/10/2005 - 2/13/2005
Bye Bye Birdie (Encores! Concert, 2004)
5/6/2004 - 5/9/2004
Pardon My English (Encores! Concert, 2004)
3/25/2004 - 3/28/2004
Can-Can (Encores! Concert, 2004)
2/12/2004 - 2/15/2004
N
No Strings (Encores! Concert, 2003)
5/8/2003 - 5/11/2003
The New Moon (Encores! Concert, 2003)
3/27/2003 - 3/30/2003
H
House of Flowers (Encores! Concert, 2003)
2/13/2003 - 2/16/2003
The Pajama Game (Encores! Concert, 2002)
5/2/2002 - 5/6/2002
G
Golden Boy (Encores! Concert, 2002)
3/21/2002 - 3/24/2002
Carnival! (Encores! Concert, 2002)
2/7/2002 - ?
H
Hair (Encores! Concert, 2001)
5/3/2001 - 5/7/2001
Bloomer Girl (Encores! Concert, 2001)
3/22/2001 - 3/25/2001
A Connecticut Yankee (Encores! Concert, 2001)
2/8/2001 - 2/11/2001
Wonderful Town (Encores! Concert, 2000)
5/4/2000 - 5/7/2000
Tenderloin (Encores! Concert, 2000)
3/28/2000 - 3/28/2000
O
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (Encores! Concert, 2000)
2/10/2000 - 2/13/2000
Abby's Song (Original Off-Broadway Production, 1999)
11/14/1999 - 11/28/1999
Do Re Mi (Encores! Concert, 1999)
5/6/1999 - 5/9/1999
Z
Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 (Encores! Concert, 1999)
3/25/1999 - 3/29/1999
Babes in Arms (Encores! Concert, 1999)
2/11/1999 - 2/14/1999
S
St. Louis Woman (Encores! Concert, 1998)
4/30/1998 - ?
L
Li'l Abner (Encores! Concert, 1998)
3/26/1998 - ?
S
Strike Up the Band (Encores! Concert, 1998)
2/12/1998 - 2/15/1998
The Boys From Syracuse (Encores! Concert, 1997)
5/1/1997 - 5/4/1997
P
Promises, Promises (Encores! Concert, 1997)
3/20/1997 - 3/23/1997
S
Sweet Adeline (Encores! Concert, 1997)
2/13/1997 - 2/16/1997
G
Grease! (National Tour, 1994)
National tour
11/29/1996 - 12/1/1996
Chicago (Encores! Concert, 1996)
5/2/1996 - 5/4/1996
O
One Touch of Venus (Encores! Concert, 1996)
3/28/1996 - 3/30/1996
D
Du Barry Was a Lady (Encores! Concert, 1996)
2/15/1996 - 12/17/1996
Pal Joey (Encores! Concert, 1995)
5/4/1995 - 5/6/1995
Out of This World (Encores! Concert, 1995)
3/30/1995 - 4/1/1995
Call Me Madam (Encores! Concert, 1995)
2/16/1995 - 2/18/1995
Lady in the Dark (Encores! Concert, 1994)
5/4/1994 - 5/7/1994
Allegro (Encores! Concert, 1994)
3/2/1994 - 3/5/1994
F
Fiorello! (Encores! Concert, 1994)
2/9/1994 - 2/12/1994
M
The Mikado (Broadway Revival, 1987)
1/13/1987 - 1/18/1987
M
The Music Man (Broadway Revival, 1980)
6/5/1980 - 6/22/1980
M
The Merry Widow (Off-Broadway Revival, 1974)
6/4/1974 - 6/9/1974
M
Music! Music! (Original New York Production, 1974)
4/11/1974 - 5/12/1974
A
Anne of Green Gables (Off-Broadway Production, 1971)
12/21/1971 - ?
B
But Never Jam Today (City Center Workshop, 1969)
4/23/1969 - 4/23/1969
C
Carnival! (City Center Revival, 1968)
12/1/1968 - 1/5/1969
M
My Fair Lady (City Center Revival, 1968)
6/13/1968 - 6/30/1968
K
The King and I (City Center Revival, 1968)
5/23/1968 - 6/9/1968
B
Brigadoon (City Center Revival, 1967)
12/13/1967 - ?
Wonderful Town (City Center Revival, 1967)
5/17/1967 - 6/4/1967
The Sound of Music (City Center Revival, 1967)
4/26/1967 - 5/14/1967
F
Finian's Rainbow (City Center Revival, 1967)
4/5/1967 - 4/23/1967
Carousel (City Center Revival, 1966)
12/15/1966 - 1/7/1967
P
Patience (New York Revival, 1966)
11/29/1966 - ?
G
Guys and Dolls (City Center Revival, 1966)
6/8/1966 - 6/26/1966
W
Where's Charley? (City Center Revival, 1966)
5/25/1966 - ?
M
The Most Happy Fella (City Center Revival, 1966)
5/11/1966 - 5/22/1966
H
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (City Center Revival, 1966)
4/20/1966 - 5/8/1966
Oklahoma! (City Center Revival, 1965)
12/15/1965 - 1/2/1966
The Music Man (City Center Revival, 1965)
6/16/1965 - 6/27/1965
South Pacific (City Center Revival, 1965)
6/2/1965 - 6/13/1965
Kiss Me, Kate (City Center Revival, 1965)
5/12/1965 - 5/30/1965
Guys and Dolls (City Center Revival, 1965)
4/28/1965 - 5/9/1965
S
The Saint of Bleecker Street (New York City Opera Production, 1965)
3/18/1965 - ?
D
Die Dreigroschenoper (New York City Opera Revival, 1965)
3/11/1965 - 3/27/1965
P
Porgy and Bess (New York City Opera Revival, 1965)
3/5/1965 - ?
B
Brigadoon (City Center Revival, 1964)
12/23/1964 - 1/3/1965
My Fair Lady (City Center Revival, 1964)
5/20/1964 - 6/28/1964
P
Porgy and Bess (City Center Revival, 1964)
5/6/1964 - 5/17/1964
W
West Side Story (City Center Revival, 1964)
4/8/1964 - 5/3/1964
G
Gentlemen, Be Seated! (New York City Opera Production, 1963)
10/10/1963 - 11/10/1963
K
The King and I (City Center Revival, 1963)
6/12/1963 - 6/23/1963
Pal Joey (City Center Revival, 1963)
5/29/1963 - 6/9/1963
O
Oklahoma! (City Center Revival, 1963)
5/15/1963 - 5/26/1963
B
Brigadoon (City Center Revival, 1963)
5/15/1963 - 5/26/1963
S
Street Scene (New York City Opera Revival, 1963)
4/26/1963 - ?
O
Oklahoma! (City Center Revival, 1963)
2/27/1963 - 3/10/1963
Wonderful Town (City Center Revival, 1963)
2/13/1963 - 2/24/1963
B
Brigadoon (City Center Revival, 1963)
1/30/1963 - 2/10/1963
Fiorello! (New York City Center Production, 1962)
6/13/1962 - 6/24/1962
B
Brigadoon (City Center Revival, 1962)
5/30/1962 - 6/10/1962
Can-Can (City Center Revival, 1962)
5/16/1962 - 5/27/1962
P
Porgy and Bess (New York City Opera Revival, 1962)
3/31/1962 - 4/7/1962
C
The Consul (New York City Opera Revival, 1962)
3/28/1962 - 4/8/1962
C
The Crucible (New York City Center Production, 1961)
10/26/1961 - ?
Pal Joey (City Center Revival, 1961)
5/31/1961 - 5/31/1961
P
Porgy and Bess (City Center Revival, 1961)
5/17/1961 - ?
S
South Pacific (City Center Revival, 1961)
4/26/1961 - 5/14/1961
S
Show Boat (City Center Revival, 1961)
4/12/1961 - 4/25/1961
H
H.M.S. Pinafore (City Center Revival, 1961)
2/1/1961 - 2/4/1961
G
The Gondoliers (City Center Revival, 1961)
1/25/1961 - 2/2/1961
P
The Pirates of Penzance (City Center Revival, 1961)
1/19/1961 - 1/29/1961
M
The Mikado (City Center Revival, 1961)
1/17/1961 - 2/5/1961
K
The King and I (City Center Revival, 1960)
5/11/1960 - 5/29/1960
Finian's Rainbow (City Center Revival, 1960)
4/27/1960 - 5/8/1960
S
Street Scene (New York City Opera Revival, 1960)
2/13/1960 - 2/19/1960
The Cradle Will Rock (New York City Opera Revival, 1960)
2/11/1960 - 2/21/1960
S
Street Scene (New York City Opera Revival, 1959)
9/27/1959 - 10/15/1959
F
Die Fledermaus (New York City Opera Revival, 1959)
9/26/1959 - 10/24/1959
R
Regina (New York City Opera Revival, 1959)
4/19/1959 - ?
S
Street Scene (New York City Opera Revival, 1959)
4/2/1959 - 4/19/1959
S
Say, Darling (City Center Revival, 1959)
2/25/1959 - 3/8/1959
M
The Most Happy Fella (City Center Revival, 1959)
2/10/1959 - 2/22/1959
S
The Seven Deadly Sins (City Center Revival, 1958)
12/4/1958 - ?
M
The Merry Widow (New York City Opera Revival, 1958)
10/31/1958 - 11/16/1958
F
Die Fledermaus (New York City Opera Revival, 1958)
10/19/1958 - 11/9/1958
R
Regina (New York City Opera Revival, 1958)
4/17/1958 - 5/2/1958
L
Lost in the Stars (New York City Opera Revival, 1958)
4/10/1958 - 5/11/1958
T
Trouble in Tahiti (New York City Opera Revival, 1958)
4/6/1958 - 4/18/1958
O
Oklahoma! (City Center Revival, 1958)
3/19/1958 - 3/30/1958
W
Wonderful Town (City Center Revival, 1958)
3/5/1958 - 3/16/1958
A
Annie Get Your Gun (City Center Revival, 1958)
2/19/1958 - 3/2/1958
M
The Merry Widow (New York City Opera Revival, 1957)
10/27/1957 - 11/10/1957
F
Die Fledermaus (New York City Opera Revival, 1957)
10/13/1957 - 11/17/1957
Carousel (City Center Revival, 1957)
9/11/1957 - 9/29/1957
P
The Pajama Game (City Center Revival, 1957)
5/15/1957 - 6/2/1957
South Pacific (City Center Revival, 1957)
4/24/1957 - 5/12/1957
M
The Merry Widow (City Center Revival, 1957)
4/10/1957 - 4/21/1957
B
Brigadoon (City Center Revival, 1957)
3/27/1957 - 4/7/1957
T
The Beggar's Opera (City Center Revival, 1957)
3/13/1957 - 3/24/1957
F
Die Fledermaus (New York City Opera Production, 1956)
9/29/1956 - ?
Carmen Jones (City Center Revival, 1956)
5/31/1956 - 6/17/1956
Kiss Me, Kate (City Center Revival, 1956)
5/9/1956 - 5/27/1956
The King and I (City Center Revival, 1956)
4/18/1956 - 5/6/1956
G
Guys and Dolls (City Center Revival, 1955)
5/31/1955 - 6/12/1955
Finian's Rainbow (City Center Revival, 1955)
5/18/1955 - 5/29/1955
S
South Pacific (City Center Revival, 1955)
5/4/1955 - 5/15/1955
G
Guys and Dolls (City Center Revival, 1955)
4/20/1955 - 5/1/1955
S
Show Boat (New York City Opera Revival (Return Engagement), 1954)
10/28/1954 - 10/31/1954
Carousel (City Center Revival, 1954)
6/2/1954 - 8/8/1954
F
Die Fledermaus (New York City Center Production, 1954)
5/19/1954 - 5/30/1954
S
Show Boat (New York City Opera Revival, 1954)
4/8/1954 - 5/16/1954
O
Oklahoma! (Broadway Revival, 1953)
8/31/1953 - 10/5/1953
F
Die Fledermaus (New York City Opera Revival, 1953)
4/8/1953 - 5/3/1953
R
Regina (New York City Opera Revival, 1953)
4/2/1953 - 10/11/1953
C
The Consul (New York Revival, 1952)
10/8/1952 - 10/29/1952
C
Come of Age (City Center Revival, 1952)
1/23/1952 - 2/10/1952
B
Brigadoon (Return Engagement, 1950)
5/2/1950 - 5/21/1950
Carousel (Return Engagement, 1949)
1/25/1949 - 2/20/1949
M
The Medium (City Center Revival, 1948)
12/7/1948 - 1/9/1949
S
Show Boat (Return Engagement, 1948)
9/7/1948 - 9/18/1948
C
The Cradle Will Rock (New York Concert, 1947)
11/24/1947 - 11/25/1947
Bloomer Girl (Return Engagement, 1947)
1/6/1947 - 2/15/1947
C
Carmen Jones (Return Engagement, 1946)
4/7/1946 - 4/27/1946
D
The Desert Song (Broadway Revival, 1946)
1/8/1946 - 2/16/1946
C
Carmen Jones (Return Engagement, 1945)
5/2/1945 - 5/19/1945
M
The Merry Widow (Return Engagement, 1944)
10/7/1944 - 11/4/1944
N
The New Moon (Broadway Revival, 1944)
5/17/1944 - 6/24/1944
P
Porgy and Bess (Broadway Return Engagement, 1944)
2/28/1944 - 4/8/1944
P
Porgy and Bess (Broadway Return Engagement, 1944)
2/7/1944 - 2/19/1944
N
No for an Answer (Original New York Production, 1941)
1/5/1941 - 1/19/1941

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